A team of medical students from the University of Nairobi, has published a narrative review on the use of esophageal stents in palliative cancer care. The paper is published in ecancermedicalscience, a peer reviewed, open access journal. Undergraduates producing a peer reviewed review in a high impact journal is a rare feat, and a strong…
When more than 250 pairs of running shoes hit the ground this year, few of the runners knew just how much planning had carried them to that starting line. Behind the seamless race day stood Fatema, a fifth-year MBChB student at the University of Nairobi and Race Director for Leave No Medic Behind 2026. This…
Kisii University’s School of Health Sciences held a White Coat Ceremony on Friday, 26th June, formally robing its MBChB Class of 2031 into the medical profession. While the class has already been in session, the ceremony marked the cohort’s symbolic entry into clinical training and the values that define the practice of medicine. The event…
The Jomo Kenyatta University Medical Students Association (JKUSMA) has entered into a one-year media partnership with Mastermind Medics TV (mTV), in a deal set to boost news coverage, visibility, and opportunities for the university’s medical student community. The agreement was signed on 27 May 2026 by JKUSMA Chairperson Jelagat Marion on behalf of the association….
Long before modern diagnostic tools existed, physicians relied on physical signs to identify disease. One such sign, known as Winterbottom’s sign, refers to the enlargement of lymph nodes at the back of the neck and is a classic indicator of African sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. The sign is named after Thomas Masterman…
Dr Peter Kamau Wanyoike has never lived a straight line life. His story moves step by step always forward always into something bigger than before.It begins at the University of Nairobi where he was not just a student but a voice among students. He served as the first AMSUN Chairperson in 1989 a role that…
Not every doctor arrives at their specialty in a straight line. For Dr. Oburu, the path to orthopaedic surgery wound through an early dream of nephrology, four years of general surgery training, a fellowship abroad, and an honest reckoning with why he was really making the choices he was making. What emerged, over decades of…
“Corruption is not bad.Corruption is only bad when I am not involved, when I am involved, I defend it!” We’ve all come across this meme while scrolling through various social media platforms and many people seem to subscribe to it. Did you know that Kenya loses an estimated KSh 3 billion daily (roughly KSh 1.1…
On the surface, football is a simple game: twenty-two players, one ball, ninety minutes. Yet for millions of men around the world, football is far more than a sport. It is a ritual, a language, a source of identity and often an emotional refuge in a world that rarely encourages emotional expression. Football gives men…
For decades, scientists believed that each generation was becoming smarter than the last. Average IQ scores steadily increased throughout the 20th century in what became known as the “Flynn Effect.” Better nutrition, improved education, healthcare and access to information were thought to be pushing human cognitive performance upward. But recent discussions in neuroscience and education…
